The Living Well by Faith health and wellness program for African Americans: An exemplar of community-based participatory research

Ethnicity and Disease

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 223-229

  Woods, Gaye ^a   Levinson, Arnold H ^b   Jones, Grant ^d   Kennedy, Ralph L ^d   Johnson, Lucille C ^d   Tran, Zung Vu ^c   Gonzalez, Tondeleyo ^a   Marcus, Alfred C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c University of Colorado Cancer Center   (United States)

^d The Center for African American Health   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; CBPR; Diet; Faith based; Nutrition and physical activity; Obesity

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY MASS; BODY WEIGHT; COMMUNITY BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXERCISE; FEMALE; FITNESS; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALE; PROGRAM DEVELOPMENT; SPIRITUAL HEALING; SYSTOLIC BLOOD PRESSURE; WELLBEING;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; COMMUNITY-BASED PARTICIPATORY RESEARCH; FAITH HEALING; FEMALE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR ACTIVITY;

EID: 84875770743     PISSN: 1049510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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